Bly is used as a family name or surname in Ivory Coast. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bly
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Ivory Coast
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Bly

How popular is Bly?

Bly is common in Ivory Coast.

Bly is ranked 52895 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bly bearers increased by 2.50797 per cent in 2010 US census to 4823 since 2000, the surname slipped by 324 spots and ranked at 6955. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.14 85.12
Black 10.66 10.58
Others 2.47 1.4
Hispanic or Latino 2.38 1.47
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.87 0.83
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.6
Bly is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ivory Coast is ahead in terms of density. Around 8919 people have been found who wears Bly as their family name. Bly is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,582 Japan6
671 Mali4
67,494 South Africa3
3,008 Ethiopia3
15,591 Burkina Faso2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
41,879 Turkey2
24,766 Scotland2
54,135 Philippines2
21,929 Algeria2
118,441 Germany2
26,123 Malaysia2
24,269 Peru2
118,015 Netherlands1
19,810 Croatia1
81,201 Switzerland1
49,101 Denmark1
47,891 Norway1
17,236 Ghana1
692 Guinea1
50,549 Georgia1
14,644 Tunisia1
17,575 Kuwait1
12,745 Luxembourg1
7,790 Zambia1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,256 Australia50
12,953 Finland48
255,161 India47
52,530 Belgium22
78,041 Spain19
299,005 Indonesia19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,144 New Zealand88
11,524 Sweden80
Countries with hundreds of Bly:
14,146 England414
16,343 Canada226
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Bly:
6,771 United States5,691
1,251 Ivory Coast2,046
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Bly worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 27 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Lydia and arrived on April 21, 1851. Biddy Bly, aged 18, are others that migrated to US.

Bly Namesakes

  • Peter Blythe, Character actor
  • Sydney Blythe, Cinematographer
  • Ann Blyth, Actress
  • Annalee Blysse, Novelist
  • Arthur Blythe, Composer
  • Joanna Blythman, Journalist
  • Edward Wilmot Blyden III, Diplomat
  • Bert Blyleven, Baseball player
  • Bekah Blyth, Film Art Director
  • Benedick Blythe, Actor

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